Philippus Baldaeus
Dutch Christian missionary (1632-1672) · Netherlands · Writers · Died at 40
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Something wrong?Philips Baelde or Philippus Baldaeus, was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna during the Dutch period in Ceylon with an invading Dutch force.
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Philippus Baldaeus
The Baelde family lived on Voldersgracht, where Johannes Vermeer, who was born in the same year, also grew up
View of Masulipatnam in 1676. From Philippus Baldaeus, A True and Exact Description of the most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel
The Quirlung the milk sea by gods and the Asuras in Baldaeus' "Abgotterey"
Portrait of Philippus Baldaeus and Gerrit Mossopotam, 1668
Jaffna islandsAbout this person
Philips Baelde or Philippus Baldaeus, was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna during the Dutch period in Ceylon with an invading Dutch force. As the second European after Abraham Rogerius, in his illustrated Description of the East Indian Countries of Malabar, Coromandel, Ceylon, etc. he documented the life, language and culture of the Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It was initially published in Dutch and German, while the English translation was published by the Ceylon Government Railway (1960).
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